Prior authorization is foundational to health plans, as it helps ensure members receive safe, clinically appropriate and evidence-based care that enhances their health.

Health care mandates force Oklahoma’s health plans into a one-size-fits-all approach to health care, driving up costs and eliminating the flexibility to choose affordable coverage.

To keep the costs of prescription drugs affordable, health plans leverage low-cost pharmacies to safely deliver drugs to a patient’s provider to be administered called “white bagging.”

OAHP has identified three core values to ensure a Medicaid delivery model that cares for the whole person, drives healthier outcomes and provides quality care: statewide, risk-based and a level playing field.